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[b] In the Ladino of Sephardic Jews, the only second person plural is vozotros (i.e. there is no ustedes, as in standard Spanish). [9] Throughout Latin America, the second person plural pronoun ustedes is almost always used orally in both formal (singular usted) and informal (singular tú/vos) contexts.
3.4.1 Location and movement. 3.4.2 Manner. 3.4.3 Time. 3.5 Cuyo. ... 2 Primarily in Spain; other countries use ustedes as the plural regardless of level of formality.
The use of usted and ustedes as a polite form of address is universal. However, there are variations in informal address. Ustedes replaces vosotros in part of Andalusia, the Canary Islands, and Latin America, except in the liturgical or poetic of styles. In some parts of Andalusia, the pronoun ustedes is used with the standard vosotros endings.
In Standard European Spanish the plural of tú is vosotros and the plural of usted is ustedes. In Hispanic America vosotros is not used, and the plural of both tú and usted is ustedes. This means that speaking to a group of friends a Spaniard will use vosotros, while a Latin American Spanish speaker will use ustedes.
Northeastern Colombia 1, 2, Venezuela 3 and Panama 4 Vosotros 2. Pl. in Spain Vosotros – בֿוֹזוֹטרוֹז general 2.Pl And Vos – בֿוֹז formal 2.Sg Ladino Ustedes 2. Pl Meaning; ser eres: sos: erís/sois: sois: sosh סוֹש /soʃ/ son: you are: comer comes: comés: comís: coméis: komesh קוֹמֵיש /koˈmeʃ/ comen: you ...
The pronouns yo, tú, vos, [1] él, nosotros, vosotros [2] and ellos are used to symbolise the three persons and two numbers. Note, however, that Spanish is a pro-drop language , and so it is the norm to omit subject pronouns when not needed for contrast or emphasis.
The T–V distinction (from the Latin pronouns tu and vos) is a contrast, within one language, between various forms of addressing one's conversation partner or partners.. This may be specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, age or insult toward the addre
The plural imperative uses the ustedes form (i. e. the third person plural subjunctive, as corresponding to ellos). As for the subjunctive forms of vos verbs, most speakers use the classical vos conjugation, employing the vosotros form minus the i in the final diphthong. However, some prefer to use the tú subjunctive forms like in Paraguay.